Ozarks at Large

On today’s show, as one year turns into another,a story of how a tragedy can also turn another life around. Plus a look back at 2017 in politics. And considering some of the music from the past 12 months.

On today's program, Pastor Clint Schnekloth returns to give us some winter reading suggestions, our Militant Grammarian is back to help us out with some often confused words, and we also get a preview of the Northwest Arkansas Jazz All-Stars Youth Orchestra.

On today’s show, Kevin Cheri is retiring from the National Park Service after 43 years, and we talk with him about his service. Plus Kevin Kinder, music writer, makes his annual trek to the Carver Center for Public Radio to compare favorite music lists for 2017.

On this special Christmas edition of Ozarks at Large recorded in front of a live audience at Fayetteville Public Library, we hear music from The Squarshers and from Bernice and Bergen Hembree. We also hear a classic Christmas story from Jason Suel, a personal Christmas story from Ben Manatt of That's What She Said, and more.

On today’s show, holiday music from the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio with the Hospitones. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette gives us non-shopping ideas for our time both before and after Christmas, and we discover how all those sounds are made for It’s a Wonderful Life from TheatreSquared.

On today’s show, DREAMers from Arkansas protest in Washington. Plus, the city of Fort Smith prepares to mark 200 years. And 60 years of business in Fayetteville didn’t start out easily; we her details of six decades of the Underwoods in today’s Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Report...and a rundown of live music for two holiday weekends.

On today's program, we talk with one of the actors from the touring production of Finding Neverland, which is on-stage at Walton Arts Center through Dec. 23. Also, we learn about the Succeed Scholarship program, which provides school vouchers to qualifying students with disabilities to attend private school.

On today's show, what University of Arkansas students discovered during a semester of reporting about veterans and their lives. We’ll talk to a pair of the journalists and their professor about the project. Plus, the Militant Grammarian returns to give us a lesson on puns.

Ahead this hour, we hear how messages about tobacco in Arkansas may, or may not, get the message across about health risks. And Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, talks about a new health concept in Arkansas called Forever Care that is designed, creators say, to help Arkansas’ most vulnerable citizens.

On today’s show, Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics reviews the latest economic numbers for Arkansas’ largest cities, Becca Martin Brown gives us the most immediate holiday entertainment suggestions, Also, everyone has a different taste in Christmas trees, and we visit the Lollis Christmas Tree Farm in Rudy to find out more about locally grown holiday decorations.